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| your receptors bring this in |
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| this is what carries the impulses out to muscles |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| brings in impulses to brain |
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| carries signals from brain to systems |
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| regulates involunary functions; automatic |
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| made of sympathetic and parasympathetic parts |
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| any cell that is a support to CNS nerves |
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| conduct needed materials to CNS cells and act as scaffolding to brain cells, "middleman" with supplies |
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| eat dead cells and bacteria, garbage collectors |
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| ciliated cells that help to move cerebrospinal fluid |
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| form myelin sheaths around cells of the CNS |
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| form myelin sheaths on nerve fibers of PNS |
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| protect and cushion nerve cells of PNS |
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| general term for a nerve cell |
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| main part of the neuron includes nucleus |
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| the long part of a nerve cell; could be axon or dendrite |
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| long part of nerve cell that conducts impulses to the cell body |
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| long part of a nerve cell that conducts impulses away from the cell body |
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| end of nerve cell that can transmit impulse to next cell |
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| chemical that is passed from one nerve to another that initiates an impulse |
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| the gap between two nerve cells |
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| the part of a nerve that includes the axon terminal, cleft and next dendrite |
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| insulation material of nerve cells |
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| the external layer of a schwann cell |
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| gap between two schwann cells |
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| non-insulated cells;highly networked |
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| any cell that brings in information to the brain |
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| any cell or cell cluster that brings in information to the brain from the skin |
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| registers the degree of stretch in a muscle |
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| most common type of myelinated nerve cell |
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| rare cell in adults that are involved with sensory organs |
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| myelinated cell that has very small dendrites on the far ends of the nerve; can carry to the cell body or away |
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| can respond when stimulated |
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| able to transmit and impulse |
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| resting state for a nerve |
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| when Na+ flodds into the nerve and upsets the + & - state |
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| also called nerve impulse |
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| the whole nerve is triggered or it isn't |
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| when the cell goes back to its origional state |
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| the best example is the knee jerk response |
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| the best example is the withdrawl reflex |
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| type of reflex that controls the heart, glands and smooth muscle |
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| when the impulse in a nerve hops from one node to another very quickely |
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| type of reflex that controls skeletal muscles |
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| the original development landmark which becomes the nervous system for a developing embryo |
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| fluid-filled sections of the brain |
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| two big sections of the brain |
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| large sections of brain that are separated from one another by fissures |
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| post-central gyrus involved in the movement of voluntary muscles |
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| lobe of brain that is posterior to frontal but anterior to occipital |
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| lobe of brain that is involved with sight |
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| section of brain that is associated with memory, smell and hearing |
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| pre-central gyrus involved in the movement of voluntary muscles |
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| section of brain that is just posterior to frontalis bone |
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| associated with speech and language production |
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| gray matter islands that are found in the deeper sections of the cerebral hemispheres |
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| large white matter tract that allows one hemisphere to communicate with the other |
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| gray matter islands that are found in the deeper sections of the cerebral hemispheres |
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| sits on top of the brain stem and includes thalamus and hypothalamus; heavily involved with secretion |
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| crude"recognizer" of pleasant or unpleasant experiances |
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| emotional -visceral brain |
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| secretes hormones and is a part of the epithalamus |
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| bottom of the diencephalons |
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| help with the sense of smell |
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| forms the roof of the third ventricle of the brain |
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| part of endocrine system and works with the Choroid Plexus and makes melatonin |
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| makes cerebrospinal fluid |
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| connects the brain to the spinal column |
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| neurons of this section of the brain stem control visceral organs |
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| helps regulate your sleep cycle |
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| smal part of brain stem that extends from mammillary bodies to pons |
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| tiny canal that connect the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle |
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| conveys upward and downward impulses to & from the brain |
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| 4 structures that help to deal with sight and hearing |
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| mostly fiber tracts, this part of the brain also aids in breathing |
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| most inferior of all brain stem |
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| any covering of the brain is called by this term; bacterial or viral infection of this section of your brain can easily compromise your life |
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| leather like layer that protects the brain and cushions it; tough mother |
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| spider web like layer that protects the brain |
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| thinnest brain layer of the three layers and closest to the brain |
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| site for re-absorption fo the cerebral spinal fluid |
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| fluid that is circulated around the brain and its cavity |
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| prevents the blood supplies to brain from accidentally contaminating the brain itself |
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| characterized by tremors and lack of muscle control, this is a degenerative disease; lack of dopamine |
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| unnatural craving for something, can be related to sex gambling or substance abuse |
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| meningitis and encephalitis |
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| bacterial or viral infections of the CNS membranes |
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| brain burise that does little damage |
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| brain bruise, marked damage occurs |
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| inability to deal fully with language |
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| degenerative disease of brain that usually happens to elderly people |
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| uncoordinated movement, as when one is inebriated |
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| secrete oil to help keep the eye from drying out |
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| the pink membrane that surrounds the eyeball |
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